Word: losing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...result is walls lined with rectangular bindings, multi-colored, multi-shaped, leaving the impression of geometrical shapes--blocks really--sitting on rows of sagging shelves that shrink into the distance down the wall. Kelly recalls instances when books lose their magic amid this anonymity, when their pages and ink disappear into solid volumes of useless weight...
...Just asked [my parents] if I could skate and they said, 'Sure,'" the West Hartford, Conn. native says. "They thought I'd never last and lose interest quickly. But I didn...
...Americans are afraid of losing. Stiffled by our fear, we refuse to admit defeat, clinging to the belief that America can't lose, no matter what the situation...
...lose an economic war with Japan. We can't lose a real war in Vietnam. We can't. We just can't. We're America...
...Lungs lose on the average 30% to 50% of their maximum breathing capacity between ages 30 and 80. Blood vessels lose elasticity, though the heart stays astonishingly well preserved. Notes Cardiologist Jerome Fleg of the National Institute on Aging: "The heart of a normal 80-year-old can pump blood as effectively under stress as that of a normal 30-year...